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2007 Minnesota Statutes
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333.54 THREATENED USE MAY BE RESTRAINED.
When there is an actual or threatened violation of section 333.53, an application may be
made to a court having jurisdiction to enjoin and restrain the actual or threatened violation; and if
it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the defendant is in fact using or threatening to use
the name "Minnesota Zoological Garden" or the trademark thereof or any other name or mark
confusingly similar, or any other name, mark, logo, emblem, insignia or badge, designation, or
distinguishing descriptive word or phrase used by the Minnesota Zoological Board in carrying out
its purposes relating to Minnesota Zoological Garden or confusingly similar to any other name,
mark, logo, emblem, insignia or badge, designation, or distinguishing descriptive word or phrase
used by the Minnesota Zoological Board in carrying out its purposes relating to the Minnesota
Zoological Garden, the court may enjoin and restrain the actual or threatened violation without
requiring proof that any person has in fact been misled or deceived thereby.
History: 1980 c 433 s 3
When there is an actual or threatened violation of section 333.53, an application may be
made to a court having jurisdiction to enjoin and restrain the actual or threatened violation; and if
it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the defendant is in fact using or threatening to use
the name "Minnesota Zoological Garden" or the trademark thereof or any other name or mark
confusingly similar, or any other name, mark, logo, emblem, insignia or badge, designation, or
distinguishing descriptive word or phrase used by the Minnesota Zoological Board in carrying out
its purposes relating to Minnesota Zoological Garden or confusingly similar to any other name,
mark, logo, emblem, insignia or badge, designation, or distinguishing descriptive word or phrase
used by the Minnesota Zoological Board in carrying out its purposes relating to the Minnesota
Zoological Garden, the court may enjoin and restrain the actual or threatened violation without
requiring proof that any person has in fact been misled or deceived thereby.
History: 1980 c 433 s 3
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